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Tip of the Week: Four Tips to Practice Better Password Security

Tip of the Week: Four Tips to Practice Better Password Security

These days, you cannot simply rely on passwords to keep your data safe. That said, a good password is significantly better than a bad one, and you need all the help you can get to keep your accounts safe from cyberattacks. Here are some tips to help you create better passwords for all of your credentials.

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How to Recover from a Lost or Stolen Phone

How to Recover from a Lost or Stolen Phone

Losing your phone might feel like the end of the world, especially when you consider just how valuable it is and what kind of data you might have stored on it. There are ways to prevent a lost device from completely sinking your mood and your chances of recovering it. Let’s consider some of them today.

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You Absolutely Need a Password Manager in 2024

You Absolutely Need a Password Manager in 2024

It doesn’t matter who you are; your age, your occupation, your employment status, your station in life—you need to make 2024 the year you get your cybersecurity hygiene in check. What we’re going to talk about today isn’t overkill, overly complicated, or expensive. This isn’t us trying to sell you on something. In fact, this is probably the easiest New Year's Resolution you can give yourself.

First, let me start with a really quick story.

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Understanding Zero Trust Security and Why It Works

Understanding Zero Trust Security and Why It Works

Zero trust security is an invaluable approach that helps significantly boost how protected an organization is against threats. Nevertheless, many people may need to become more familiar with the term or what it entails. Let’s take a few moments to review the concept and clarify how beneficial it can be.

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Smart Devices Need More Attention Than You May Think

Smart Devices Need More Attention Than You May Think

Smart devices empower individuals and businesses to redefine the boundaries of connectivity, granting unprecedented control over their homes and offices. With just a tap on a screen, people can adjust their thermostats, secure their front doors, and regulate their energy consumption. The Achilles' heel of these interconnected devices, however, lies in their security.

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Your Data Security Hinges on Five Key Safeguards

Your Data Security Hinges on Five Key Safeguards

It’s no secret that data security is of paramount importance, with phishing and ransomware making weekly appearances in the news cycle at this point. You need to prioritize your business data’s privacy. Otherwise, you’re apt to suffer from your data being accessed without authorization and all the consequences that come with this outcome. Today’s criminals are very capable, which makes it challenging to protect yourself.

Here, we’ve put together some essential strategies to make it easier.

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How to Respond to a Ransomware Attack… But We Hope You Never Have To

How to Respond to a Ransomware Attack… But We Hope You Never Have To

When it comes to ransomware, you want to do all that you can to prevent an infection rather than respond to one. Of course, this isn’t always possible, so if you are struggling with a ransomware attack, you’ll need to act quickly to keep it from spreading. Let’s go over some of the steps that you’ll need to take to come out of a ransomware attack without too much scarring.

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Planning Your Technology for the Long Term

Planning Your Technology for the Long Term

Even the best-laid plan can be disrupted, and any business needs to understand that going into these types of situations with limited knowledge is also risking the plan falling apart. Business technology needs to be cost-effective, and if you don’t have a plan, you could wind up paying far more than expected. It helps to have a professional on your side who can help you make these decisions.

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Being Aware of Cyberthreats is a Big Part of Maintaining Security

Being Aware of Cyberthreats is a Big Part of Maintaining Security

Every organization must implement a baseline of cybersecurity measures, encompassing elements such as firewalls, antivirus software, VPNs, encryption, and centrally managed security policies. However, the evolving landscape of cyberthreats means that modern cybercriminals are adept at circumventing these defenses.

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Killware Is Potentially Devastating in Multiple Ways

Killware Is Potentially Devastating in Multiple Ways

Imagine a malicious computer virus meticulously tailored for your organization, possessing a complete understanding of your software, hardware, and the configurations that could inflict maximum damage. This cyberthreat infiltrates your system with alarming precision, targeting the most vulnerable facets of your business, and wreaking havoc in its wake.

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To Help Prevent Ransomware and Other Threats, Trust Nothing

To Help Prevent Ransomware and Other Threats, Trust Nothing

Ransomware is a serious issue for modern businesses of all sizes, many experiencing attacks on a fairly regular basis—and that’s before we factor in all the other cyberthreats that a business could likely have to contend with, and the fact that those responsible for these threats are getting craftier in how they spread them. Today, there’s a good argument to be made that the best approach to security is to trust no one and nothing… without verification, at the very least.

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There’s Psychology Behind the Scams We Have to Avoid

There’s Psychology Behind the Scams We Have to Avoid

Psychology, the systematic examination of the mind and behavior, can offer profound insights into optimal actions for your company. From crafting compelling client messages to building a strategy of team motivation to better meet your organizational goals, this understanding has a lot to offer your organization.

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How a Next-Generation Firewall Can Change Your Business’ Security for the Better

How a Next-Generation Firewall Can Change Your Business’ Security for the Better

Cyberthreats have grown exponentially more powerful and more dangerous over the years, and unless you do something to protect yourself, you can expect your current security measures to slowly succumb to the latest threats. Next-gen firewalls, or NGFWs, are advanced network security devices or software solutions that include both your traditional firewall system with stronger protection and visibility tools to keep tabs on network traffic. NGFWs are a solution that addresses the near-constant evolution of cyberthreats like malware, intrusion attempts, and other types of malicious threats.

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Cybercrime Stats Show Major Concerns for Board Members and Business

Cybercrime Stats Show Major Concerns for Board Members and Business

It’s not just major corporations and enterprises that need to worry about cybercrime and other types of digital threats; even the small businesses and local shops of the world have to contend with cyberattacks that could potentially strike at any moment. Let’s examine some statistics concerning one of the fastest growing threat vectors out there.

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Ransomware Continues to Annoy Business Owners

Ransomware Continues to Annoy Business Owners

Ransomware has rapidly emerged as one of the most menacing and dreaded forms of malware attacks in use today. If you find yourself hoping it would simply vanish, it's completely understandable, but unfortunately, there is little reason to believe that ransomware is going away.

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Use the SLAM Framework to Mitigate Phishing Threats

Use the SLAM Framework to Mitigate Phishing Threats

Phishing attacks pose a significant problem for your business, and if you and your employees cannot identify these attacks, they could subvert all of your attempts at network security. To help you make better decisions regarding your security, we’d like to share a framework known as the SLAM model.

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Educational Institutions are a Cybercriminal’s Gold Mine

Educational Institutions are a Cybercriminal’s Gold Mine

Today’s cyberattacks are often conducted on a large scale, attacking institutions and organizations that hold a significant amount of sensitive user data. One such type of attack are leveraged against schools, colleges, and universities, many of which do not have the resources available to protect against them. Let’s go over what these types of student records do for hackers and why they are so highly valued.

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There is a Serious Accessibility Issue for Cybersecurity Training

There is a Serious Accessibility Issue for Cybersecurity Training

Your business needs to consider cybersecurity one of its top priorities, and this sentiment needs to extend to your employees as well. If you take too lax of an approach, it could very well result in your employees failing to take appropriate action when it matters most. Let’s go over what it means to have proper cybersecurity training practices and who usually has access to it.

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There’s a Reason We Make Such a Big Deal About Ransomware

There’s a Reason We Make Such a Big Deal About Ransomware

Of all the threats out there that loom over businesses, it seems as though ransomware is one of the most feared. It’s certainly one of the threats we talk about the most… and there’s good reason for this, too. If we seem to be overly alarmist, we aren’t. Ransomware truly is a considerable enough threat to warrant so much, well, consideration, and there’s a simple reason why this is.

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3 Common Cloud Security Issues Your Business Could Face

3 Common Cloud Security Issues Your Business Could Face

The cloud can help any business leverage solutions that were previously just outside of reach, whether due to budget restraints or implementation challenges. Now, however, cloud technology has proliferated to the degree that it would be absurd not to use it, but this kind of technology also requires dedicated security measures to protect your business’ assets. Here are some common cloud security mistakes your business should avoid at all costs.

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